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Careers in accounting are great for people who enjoy tabulating numbers, analyzing trends and making recommendations on courses of action to optimize financial success. Where finance careers are focused on managing money, assessing risk and making plans, accounting is focused on recording transactions, reporting results and analyzing outcomes. Accounting programs teach students to balance books...

If you’re planning for a career in sales and marketing, you may wonder where the industry is headed. What will be the key to success into the future? More and more, the answer is pointing to data as a significant driver of growth in sales and marketing. With so many business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions now taking place online—a trend that has accelerated during...

While the thought of a career in sales once brought to mind a vision of going door-to-door or doing product demonstrations in a showroom, many industries have made the switch to selling their products and services virtually. There are many benefits to virtual selling and lots of tools available to help you be successful. What are the benefits of virtual selling? Virtual selling can save money...

Have you ever wondered if a career in sales is right for you? If you love meeting new people, getting to know them and understanding how you can help them find product or service solutions they’re looking for, sales is a great career path to explore. How do you get started in sales? Companies across Canada need talented and qualified entry-level sales staff who have the ambition to advance to...

Co-op expert, Lisa Holman, explores the new norm of virtual interviews and how you can prepare for virtual interview success!

So you’ve just attended a networking event, virtually or maybe even in person. Now what? Here are some tips to keep that new connection connected and a part of your network: 1. Connect on LinkedIn. For starters, connect on LinkedIn and include a message (e.g., something about the event where you connected) to give that personal touch. You can even make notes on LinkedIn about where and when you...

Submitted by Rebecca Summerfield, Career Services Consultant Failure. It is such a dirty word. No one likes to fail - we all want to succeed. But without failure, there can be no growth. As a baby, we learn to walk. But didn’t we all fall, a million times, before we had more steady footing? Didn’t we all fall over on our two-wheeler bicycles before we could ride in a straight line? What did we...

Ahh! What do we think of when we take that first sip of luscious, creamy hot chocolate? The taste and smell may evoke childhood memories of cold winter days and coming into a warm and inviting home after sledding or playing outside. Whether you enjoy yours with or without marshmallows, there is no doubt that this drink of the Mayans is delicious. Top reasons we should drink more hot chocolate It...

The night sky provides an awe-inspiring – and challenging – subject for photography. Shutter Speed To capture sharp pinpoint-looking stars, you’ll need to keep exposures as short as possible to avoid “star trailing” caused by the Earth’s rotation (seen in the above photo). There are apps to calculate the optimal shutter speed for a given lens/camera, but I usually do well with exposures of 20...

It’s 2021 and we’ve just said goodbye to one of the most challenging years we’ve had. It’s time to start the year off right and work toward those new year’s resolutions. One of those new year’s resolutions may be to start eating healthier and you may be experimenting this month with Veganuary or eating more of a plant-based diet. If this sounds like you, here are some tips to get started with...